As a baby, Duncan Hamilton crashed his pram down 38 steps. This proved to be just a precursor to him crashing cars and planes.

Despite the crashes, he was fast, incredibly fast, becoming one of the great race car drivers of his era. Then he met Tony Rolt, a war hero who had escaped from seven German prisoner-of-war camps, and the two formed one of the great racing partnerships of all time.

Titus O’Reily and Mick Molloy discuss a friendship that led to one of the greatest Le Mans races in history.

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Resources

The ultimate source is Touch Wood: The Autobiography of the 1953 Le Mans Winner by Duncan Hamilton the man himself.

Of course, I had to research a lot of other things as Duncan never minded telling a good story, with the truth sometimes being bent a little.

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